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sablag
/sablag/
v_rt.
“pay_brideprice”
 
v.
for someone (egsablag, agent, eg><ø-) to pay a brideprice which is agreed upon before the wedding, but which is paid afterwards, sometimes many years later
Wrd.Gloss: brideprice
Egsablag iya ka nakaasawa te hari ku ne malitan keddì su nekehun-a ma nakaasawa ka hari ku.
The man whom mary my younger sister will pay a brideprice to me because she marries before me.
Eng. give gift; brideprice
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,JLM,TME
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009

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